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Music venues in Manhattan

  • Carnegie HallThe year 1890 marked the laying of a cornerstone by Andrew Carnegie's wife Louise on May 13. This event signaled the start of construction for what was…
  • Radio City Music HallIn December 1929, the Metropolitan Opera canceled plans for a new opera house on land that would eventually become Rockefeller Center. John D. Rockefeller Jr.
  • Metropolitan OperaOn the 28th of April 1880, twenty-two men gathered inside Delmonico's restaurant in New York City to plan a new opera house.
  • Madison Square GardenThe first Madison Square Garden opened on the 11th of February 1879. It stood on Madison Square at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway. P.T.
  • Madison Square Garden (1925)Groundbreaking on the third Madison Square Garden took place on the 9th of January 1925. Thomas W. Lamb designed the theater as a simple box compared to the…